Lost Christchurch - Christchurch City Libraries
Lost Christchurch - Christchurch City Libraries
Lost Christchurch - Christchurch City Libraries
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<strong>Lost</strong> <strong>Christchurch</strong><br />
Former name Origin of name Where Additional information See Source Further<br />
information<br />
Irvine Street Named after a Off Matai Street. Named to continue the theme Matai Street East Riccarton, the founding “Sydenham<br />
town in Ayrshire,<br />
of naming streets after places and Riccarton. borough: a short Borough<br />
Scotland.<br />
in Ayrshire, Scotland, from<br />
history, Canterbury’s Council”, The<br />
whence the Deans family<br />
founding settlement, p Press, 17<br />
originated.<br />
94<br />
September 1889,<br />
First appears in street<br />
directories in 1900.<br />
In July 1984 the Ministry of<br />
Works and Development<br />
announced that it would<br />
purchase Irvine Street for the<br />
<strong>Christchurch</strong> Girls' High<br />
School development. The sale<br />
price was $54,000.<br />
p 3<br />
<strong>Christchurch</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>Libraries</strong><br />
Updated July 2013 67